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Long Hollow Nutrient Bank

PROJECT SNAPSHOT

Project Type
Nutrient Bank
Location
Virginia | Scott County
Service Area
Clinch / Powell River Basin
Project Size
Nutrient: 31.49 IBS
Solution
Stormwater Management & Water Quality
Habitat Types
  • Nitrogen
  • Nutrient
  • Phosphorus

The goal of this 32.41 acres nutrient bank located in Scott County, Virginia is to reduce nutrient (phosphorus) and sediment loading into the Chesapeake Bay watershed via the conversion of active agricultural land into forest; and generate non-point nutrient credits for transfer under existing and future federal, state and local law, programs, regulations and guidance, including the DEQ Guidance. It is located within the twelve-digit hydrologic unit codes (HUC) 060102050701 (Copper Creek-Grassy Creek) and eight digit HUC 06010205 (Upper Clinch).